About

Complete Commander is a gaming lifestyle brand inspired by Magic: The Gathering’s most epic multiplayer format, Commander! The brainchild of Bennie Smith and created with help from MJ Scott and James Arnold, Complete Commander is built on a foundation of community, fantasy, creativity, and fun.

Complete Commander is independent of and unaffiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Bennie Smith | @blairwitchgreen | The Elder Sage of the Commander format, Bennie has been playing Magic: The Gathering since “the beginning of time” – or in other words, since Unlimited was on shelves. Bennie has written for Usenet, Magic Dojo, Scrye magazine, Beckett Magic magazine and Wizards of the Coast’s own magicthegathering.com, and is currently a Commander/Standard columnist for StarCityGames.com. A former Virginia State Champion and pioneer of the Dredge deck, Bennie regularly pilots over a dozen Commander decks and is the administrator of the Spirit of EDH Haymaker Awards in Richmond, Virginia.

MJ Scott | @moxymtg | Freelance writer, raconteur, and AWOL Planeswalker MJ was introduced to Magic during Conflux and has been passionately involved ever since. She writes a column for the Vorthos-curious on GatheringMagic.com and pours blood, sweat, and Phyrexian oil into her fanfic on moxymtg.com. In her spare time she alters cards, brews Modern, and makes you discard things.

James Arnold| @thatguyjames2 | Hailing from New York, this graphic artist and Bant advocate is busy building up his Rafiq “good stuff” deck so he can bring the pain (and sigiled discipline) to new battlefields across the Multiverse. When he’s not dueling, James creates stunningly pretty things you can see at thatguyjames.netand also feeds us infographics and Ravnica Guild Cereals on GatheringMagic.com.